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RES 2696

Siglum
RES 2696
Alternative Sigla
Müller, D.H. 1889: 19-20; Ward 1910: 202, fig. 768 / 351, fig. 1207; Albright 1952: 42-45; Boneschi 1953: 105-107; Garbini 1976: 167-169; Collon 1987: 82, no. 379; Sass 1991: 45–46, figs 19–20
Transliteration
dbrk/bn drdʾ
Translation
Dbrk son of Drdʾ

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Line 1. Albright followed by Collon: nbkrbd for dbrk/bn Line 2. Müller, D.H. followed by RES: ʿrʿʾ for drdʾ; Garbini: ʿrʾʿ or zrzʾ for drdʾ. TRANSLATION Lines 1-2. Müller, D.H.: 'from Barik, son of ʿArʿā'; Boneschi: 'who is blessed (that on who has been invoked the blessing) Bin-Dardāʾ'. DISCUSSION Winnett 1937: 49 Winnett 1980: 138
Commentary
Cylinder seal of bluish chalcedony, 36 x 17 mm (Sass 1991: 45). Line 2. The symbols for letter d have been carved in the opposite direction.

Provenance
Purchased in 1854 from a Captain F. Jones; reported to have been found in Anah on the Middle Euphrates (Sass 1991: 45)
Original Reading Credit
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Original Translation Credit
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Technique
Incised

  • Winnett, F.V. A Reconsideration of Some Inscriptions from the Tayma Area. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 10, 1980: 133-140.
  • Albright, W.F. The Chaldaean Inscriptions in Proto-Arabic Script . Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 128, 1952: 39-45.
  • Müller, D.H. Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien. (nach Abklatschen und Copien des Herrn Professor Dr. Julius Euting in Strassburg). Borgelegt in der Sitzung am 9. Mai 1888. (Denkschriften der (kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 37.2). Wien: Tempsky, 1889.
  • Winnett, F.V. A Study of the Liḥyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions. (University of Toronto Studies - Oriental Series, 3). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1937.
  • Garbini, G. Le iscrizioni proto-arabe. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 36 [N.S. 26], 1976: 165-174.
  • Boneschi, P. L'inscription en caractères proto-arabes d'un cylindre-sceau babylonien. Rivista degli Studi Orientali 28, 1953: 105-107.
  • Répertoire d'Épigraphie Sémitique in G. Ryckmans (ed.), Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique. Publié par la Commission du Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1900–1968.
  • Sass, B. Studia Alphabetica. On the Origin and Early History of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek Alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag / Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1991.
  • Collon, D. First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East. London: British Museum / Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
  • Ward, W.H. The seal cylinders of Western Asia. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, 100). Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington , 1910.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
British Museum (number 89155): http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=367982&partId=1&searchText=89155
Subject
Genealogy
Script
Dispersed Oasis North Arabian
Old OCIANA ID
#0036501
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